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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-30
Gladstone Has Left Paris.

PARIS, Dec. 29.-Mr. Gladstone left
Paris this evening. He will go directly
to Florence. He has written TO Sir
William Vernon Harcourt that he VIII
return to London for the opening Of
parliament.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-30
Looks Like War.

BUCHAREST, Dec. 29.-It is reported
that sc, 900 troops are massed at Bender,
in Bessarabia, and that guns and NUM-
lions of war are constantly arriving
there.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-30
Mr. Sexton I'LL.

DUBLIN, Dec. 29.-Mr. Sections i'll
ness has assumed dangerous phase.
His condition causes his friends much
anxiety
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-30

BELGRADE. Dee. 29.-The resignation
of the ministry has been accepted by
King Milan. The retirement of M.
Ristics is considered check to Russia.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-30
Government Receipts..

WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.-The govern
ment receipts so far this month amount,
to s27,275,2 59, and the surplus Tor the
entire month will probably reach
SIS, 100000.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-30
IOWk'S Big SCANDAL.
Hrs. Billings Continues Her
Story Of Wrong-Doing
With Young Kingsley.
The Deeoy Letter Written by
Billings and the Answer
of Kingsley.
Hrs. Billings Says Her Hus-
band Agreed to Overlook
Her Crime.
The Arrest and Examination
of Billings On the Charge
of Murder.
Special to the Globe.

SpeclaI 70 Inc GIODe.
WAVERLY, To-, Dec. 29.-MrS. Bill
ings, who was giving her testimony Oh
the Waverly scandal and tragedy, and
who is accused by hyr husband of hav-
ing committed adultery with Kingsley,
was placed on the witness stand again
to-day. Before marriage her name was
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-30
A DECOY LETTER
nv RillinuS ann tho

written by Billings ana the other
KingSley'S answer. She was also shown
the other letters that Billings admits he
wrote as decOyS, and said positively that
she never wrote them or saw them be-
fore, but that she had been made aware
of their existence by her husband.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-30
SERVED A WARRANT

Issued by Billings. charged with the
murder of W 5. Kingsley, on infOrma-
ton sworn out by 5. II. Kingsley father
OF the deceased. c. ID. Ellis. of Charles
City, was employed to look after the
prosecution. Billings was brought be
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-30

Ned is the nickname Mrs. Billings
calls her husband by. The first of these
i
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-24

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont, Jan. 24-Muddy
Run creek passes under this town by means
of sewer quarter of mile long. During
thaws in winter 1t is swollen into small
river, which runs with great rapidity, flows
over the precipice near the Whirlpool Rap
ids park, and falls into Niagara river. The
creek was IN this swollen and turbulent con-
dition Saturday evening when hand sleigh.
in which was seated Bertha Farrell, years
and IL months old, slid down into the cur
rent, which was running rapidly. No sooner
had Bertha got into the stream than her
sister Blanche, aged 10, jumped in after her,
and both were swept into the sewer.
An alarm was raised and "A rush was made
for the mouth of the sewer to prevent the
little ones from going over the precipice.
Men secured by ropes got into the the water al
the Quite: of thu sewer and waited for the
children Little Bertha came first She
was under the water, and caught under log.
Soon afterward came Blanche, floating OF
top. Both children were from appearances
lifeless, not even breath or beat Of tn,
heart was discernible, and it took long anc
patient work to bring them back to life. Til,
children passed underground fully quarte
of mile and were in the water ten minutes
most the time submerged.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-24
ICE HAVOC AT TOLEDO.
One Bridge Wrecked and Great Damage
Anticipated.


IoLEpo, Ohio, Jan. 24-At 8 o'clock Sun
day afternoon the ice in the Maumee river
above the city broke and started moving
toward the lake at the rate of three or four
miles an hour. At / o'clock it caught at the
Union railroad bridge and swept two spans
of that structure down the river, lodging the
wrcckage against the Pennsylvania Rail
road company's bridge, At present the ice
is gorged at the ship yards, and the water is
nearly on level with. the docks, and some
thing over three fe4t above the ordinary
stage. The water Is still rising, and much
anxiety is felt among the railroad and grain
men at the outlook The ice is grinding
against the Pennsylvania railroad bridge, and
fears are entertained for its safety. Reports
received from up the river state. that the c,.
at Turkey Foot rock is flied mp twenty five
feet high, and that ali the country is flooded
and much damage being done Should thu
gorge at that point break there is every
probability of repetition If the iI,astrou,
floods of few years ryn
BUFFALO, n Y. Jan a The sudden
thaw and recent rains have inundated prr
tions of the Thirteenth ward here, and
caused caused disaster to shipping lying in
the river. A number of vessels were swept
froom their moorings and iammei against
one of the bridges causing considerable
damage.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-24
The White Plains Tragedy.

NEW YORK, Jan. a 1t has been ascer-
tanned that the two young men who killed
Mead at White Plains Thursday night, and
afterward either committed suicide or were
shot by those attempting to arrest them,
are the SONS of James Tristram, who is en-
gagged in the manufacture of wire in this
city. He had five sons all working with
him in the business, and with his wife is
much broken by the terrible tragedy. They
both say the boys were good boys, and can
not explain the trouble, except that the boys
were not in their right minds from reading
trashy novels and attending sensational the
aires. The boys did not come home Thurs
day night, AMI their mother sat up nearly
all night waiting for them. and it was a ter
rble blow when she heard their fate. All
those who were parties to the tragedy being
dead ii is probable that it will forever re
main a mystery. All the neigh bors testify
to the previous good reputation of the Iris
tram boys.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-24

CONGRESSMAN SCoTT has asked the
managers of the Interstate commerce
bill IN the house question which has
not been answered The question, some
what paraphrased, is this: The New
York Central railroad company is cor
poration wholly within the state of New
York. Common carriers on water routes
are not included in the Interstate com
merce bill. Therefore. freight can be
shipped fIom New York to Buffalo,
wholly within the limits of the state,
according to whatever rates the New
York Central may establish, subject only
TO the laws Of the state of New York
At Buffalo the same freight can be
shipped by water TO Chicago or to Du>
luth or to any of the lake points without
being subject 10 the provisions of the
inter state commerce bill and there is
one vast trunk line from New York to
the northwest which can fix its own
rates in its own way. What then be-
comes of the Pennsylvania and other in
land trunk lines? The charge that the
inter state commerce bill is III the inter-
ests of the New York Central railroad
has not been answered to the satisfaction
of great many people besides Mr.
Spntf
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-24

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan 24-Tbe resolu-
ton asking the attorney general for infor-
nation as to the legality of the consolida-
ton of tine Kansas and Denver Pa
cific railways with the Union Pacific
was reported adversely to the
house Saturday, because another resolution
on the same subject had been adopted by the
house. The District appropriation was re-
ferred to the committee of the whole. The
appropriation is S. $50, 929 The bill for
feiting lands granted the New Orleans
Baton Rouge & Vicksburg railway was
passed. A resolution was adopted, referring
to the recent ratification by the senate OF a
treaty with the Hawaiian islands and in
structing the judiciary committee to inquire
whether treaty that involves matter Of
customs taxes can be ratified without con-
sent of the house The bill increasing the
pension for total deafness to $50 month
was then taken Up and its opponents re-
Trained from voting and left the house with
out a quorum and no alton was taken. Upon q
motion to take up the river and harbor bill
the advocates of tho former measure filibus-
tered to prevent it, but the bill was taken up
by vote of ayes, 15G; nays, II, and Catch
ings spoke in defense of the Mississippi river
commission and their work The general
debate on the bill was then closed and the
house adjourned until Monday.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-24

PEDAGoGUE DANFoRTH: Stand up
Master Piatt. What have you been do
ing?
Little boy, Piatt: No-no-nothing, sir.
Pedsgogue D: Nothing! Yes you
have; you voted for Bill Morrison. Don't
you know you were sent here by the
What>is-its and the Independent Ounces
Little boy, Pistt: didn't know that
was wrong. sir:
Pedagogue d: Well, it is. You arc
not allowed in this school to vote for d
democrat. We allow no one to vote
against our instructions. We run this
institution as we please. and no pupil has
any right TO vote without our instruction.
Now, take your seat, and hereafter mind
your P's and Qs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-24

LONDON, Jan. 4-Sir H Cambell- Banner
man, in speech at Culross, lnverkoithing
Scotland, on Saturday, expressed his belief
that when home rule was granted Parnel
would be Conservative leader, and be sup
ported by the government and the landlords,
while his present adiutants would be leaders
of the opposition.
Thomas Power O'Connor, in speech a,
White Haven on Saturday, asserted that
Gen. Sir Redvers Butler and Capt Plunkett
whom the government had sent TO Ireland u
enforce its policy, be came moonlighters them
selves after witnessing the condition of the
Irish peasants and their outrageous treat
ment at the hands of the landlords. O'Con
nor denied that ireland desired separation.
Great Britain, he said, had one crown, one
empire and twenty-three parliaments. Why
should she not have twenty four parlia.
ments' The reason why the country had
one crown and one empire was because sh,
had twenty-three parliaments, and this fact
furnished sufficient reason for the addition o.
another
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-24
SOLDIERS IN THE SENATE.
The Late Confederacy Well Represented,
but Wearers of the Blue Very Scarce

The Late Confederacy Well Represented,
but Wearers of the Blue Very Scarce.
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 24-The Post
in an article about changes senatorial says:
Soldiers are getting rather scarce in the sem
ate-at least Federal soldiers are, for there
are plenty of -Confederates. In the senate,
as it stands, seventy-six in number, there are
only seven men who fought on the Union
side during the war, but sixteen whose
names are on the muster roll of the Con-
federacy Of the Federals it is probable
that only three will be left when the senate
is called to order at the commencement of
the next session Warner Miller, who is the
only private who ever sat in the senate, has
already been beaten; Harrison, Van Wyck
and Sewell, are hopeless and Hawley is the
only one of the list who comes back He,
with Henderson and Plumb, will have to
answer to all the toasts to the Federal
soldiers in the United States senate. of the
fifteen Republican senators who will be
sworn in on the 4th of March next, -four
wore the Confederate gray. This will leave
the senate with twenty ex-Confederates, and
only three ex- Federal. Who was it said that
republics were unCratefull
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-24

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 24.-It is very
probable that congress will crowd through
business this week which would under Or
binary circumstances occupy a whole month.
Especially is this rush to be the order in the
senate. The bill establishing agricultural ex-
perimental stations is the unfinished. business,
and therefore has the right of way, The sun
dry civil appropriation bill is about ready
to be reported, and may be taken up without
announcement at any time. The conference
report on the anti-polygamy bill is daily an
ticipated, and will receive early attention
when presented. The senate will spend q
great deal of time in secret session consider
ing the British extradition and Nicarauguan
canal treaties, nominations, etc.
In the house of representatives the river
and harbor bill and the Hatch bill for the
treatment Of pleuro.pneumonia occupy equal
positions. and !eithsr may be tAlsen gp Or
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-24
A PRIVATE SIGNAL
THAT is HARDLY so PRIVATE AS IT
ONCE WAS.

Senate Regulations Excite Much Wrath
A Chance for the Enterprising Settler
Those Nice Commissionerships - Mrs.
Voorhees, observation-disclosures Dis
gust-Muecci's Alleged Case-Bond Call.
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. PA great
deal of suppressed wrath is visible i'll certain
quarters, because OF the action of the senate
in ordering the doors to be kept closed for ten
minutes after each secret session, in order to
give senators time to leave the capitol before
the public is admitted to the chamber There
are many persons who have business with
senators, and who are unable to get to the
capitol under ordinary circumstances until
late in the day. Under the new rule they
will invariably find the members of the
upper house locked up. Heretofore these
visitors etc.-have tarried I'M
til the doors reopened, but now, under the
new order of things, this would be useless
waste of time, as senators make haste to
leave the chamber during the ten minutes
the doors remained closed and when they
are reopened the venerable Capt. Bassett
and his assistant, James Cristy, are about
the only persons visible. Senator Edmunds
is credited with having proposed the new ar
rangement. The Vermont statesman's sug-
gestions are invariably adopted
1t was but day or so ago that newspa-
per correspondent standing on the second OF
main floor of the senate wing of the capitol,
waiting for the elevator, which had just
gone up to return, in order to ride down,
heard three sharp, quick rings Of the call
bell. Besides the correspondent, there were
| several very distinguished persons also wait
ing to use the elevator. Not withstanding
| the fact that they had severally given the
signal to stop at the second floor, the conduc-
tor of the elevator ran by them in great
| haste, and in a second or two the secret was
out The elevator returned with a single oc-
cupant-Se Senator Edmunds-who, without
| looking north or south, walked very deliber-
| ately TO the chamber and took his seat
why did you not answer our signal and
take US down with you beforer asked one of
the party.
THE signal given from below has prefer
ence here" was the only sponse.
| The correspondent made mental note of
| the circumstance, and ever since, when in a
hurry, and it is seldom that he is not, rings
three times quickly, and up or down as the
case may be, shoots the elevator, no matter
who or how many persons may be standing
on the intermediate floors, and it is whis.
pered that the Vermont senator himself was
recently left behind by the correspondent
making use of the private signal The most
amusing part of the whole affair is to see
disappointed expression of the conductor,
after responding to the private signal, when
he discovers that the senator is not waiting
| for him
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-24
EXPLODED ON THE RUN.
REMARKABLE ACCIDENT BY WHICH
TWO MEN ARE KILLED.

A Locomotive Blows Up While in Motion
and bitches Train-The Ice Threaten
Underground Voyage of Two Little
Girls Through a Sewer.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. 23-The west
bound passenger train from the south on the
Louisville & Nashville railroad, which left
here at 80 o'clock Sunday, met with ter
ribie accident half mile east of Hawthorne,
His, small station twenty-seven miles west
of this city at 2:30 a. IN. The darkness was
intense, and a drilling rain was pattering
down. The train was on time and the en-
gineer had just whistled down brakes, when,
without warning, the boiler exploded, totally
wrecking the engine and throwing the entire
train-three coaches, sleeper and express-car
on its side in the ditch. The passengers
were thrown promiscuously about the cars,
and lost no time in getting out. The ground
was soft, and the coaches landed with little
da mage. A few bruises were sustained by
the passengers.
The unfortunate engineer and fireman,
however, were instantly killed. The latter
was IOulu Dtoilb Tue "ItGh litSbtitu uIIol
it, horribly mangled, while the fireman was
blown with the dome of the engine over 10l
feet up the track. Col Wagner. the Adams
express messenger, was mixed up with his
expreSsage and badly cut about the head and
body.
The report of the explosion was heard
three miles distant, and soon farmers were
hurrying from every direction to the scene
The two dead employees were taken to the
station at Hawthorne, and messenger dis
patched to Carmi for assistance. The passen-
gers built fire near the wreck and remained
there until daylight, when "a wreckingtr
and special sent from this city arrived.
The dead men were taken to Carmi Will
lam Henescker, the engineer, had been run.
ming a construction train on the west end, but
went out as extra Sunday morning. His
home is in Mascoutah, Ills, The fireman's
name was Gray, and his home was In West
Salem Iowa Both were unmarried
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-24
Big Reception to Michael Davitt.

New YORK, Jan 24-The grand demon
stration rendered to Michael Davitt in Madi
son Square garden Sunday evening was one
of the largest affairs of the kind ever held il
this city, the entire building being packed t.
overfowing long before the tims announced
for the exercises to begin. The general ad
mission was 80 cents, with reserved seats al
81 and $3.50 1t was estimated that fully
10000 persons attended Gilmore's full bant
enlivened the proceedings with numerou:
popular and Irish airs Patrick Ford pres
ided, and Mr.. Davitt made an eloquent
speec in which he rehearsed the wrongs o
Ireland
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-24

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 24.-Secretary
Whitney said Saturday referring to the re-
port that Lieut.. Emory proposed to go to the
arctic regions in the Thetis. that the United
States had something else to do with its
vessels, naval officers and sailors besides send
ing them off on arctic expeditions Il will
not say, however, continued the secretary,
that there will be no such expeditions under
the present ad ministration, but certainly
not with my consent or from any suggestion
NJ, INV
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-24
Put Not Your Money in silver Mines

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 24-There was hasty
tumble Saturday in the stock of the Sheridan
mine of Cooney, n, NJ, which is principally
here. Some time ago the stock sold up to
$50 per share, but lately the price has gone
down until Friday it touched 81 cents Satur-
day holders of the stock began to sell AND
the price went to % cents per share. The
principal losers are said to h. small investors
who went in at top prices 1t is extremely
doubtful if the gentlemen who stocked the
mine and put it on the market have lost any
money though they suffer great mental an
grIish at the losses of their friends
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-24
Bond Call for Thirteen Millions.

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 24.-The secre-
tary of the treasury has issued call for
SIS, SS7, 600 per cent bonds, interest to ma
ture on the 1st of March next The bonds
included in this call are as follows: Fifty
dollars-original number &c to original num-
Der 46, both inclusive; s100-original num-
Der SO to original number So, both inclu-
sive; S500-original number 163 to original
number 245, both inclusive; 81, 000-original
number l,S21 to original number 2,0l6, both
inclusive; SO ,000-original number 5, $50 to
original number 5,Sl5 both inclusive. Total,
IA SS1 600
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-24

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 1.-THE funeral
of Mrs. Voorhees,, wife Of Senator VOORHEES,,
took place Saturday afternoon at the sem
ator's residence on | street. The funeral
services were conducted by the Rev. DR..
Leonard, of st. Johns Episcopal church,
after which the remains were placed on the
o'clock Baltimore & Ohio train and accom-
panied by the senator, his son and other
relatives, were taken to Terre Haute, Ind
for intarmaDt
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-24

The second rejection of Mr.. Matthews
for recorder of deeds in the district of
Columbia is foreshadowed by the adverse
vote in committee. The only known
reason is that Matthews IS a democratic
negro. Had he been a republican it
would have been all right. The repub-
licsn majority in the senate seem to hold
to the notion that negro has no right
to be democrat.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-24
MORE LAND FOR SETTLEMENT.
List of Reservations That Will Soon BE
Offered for Sale.

Offered for Sale.
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 4.-The secre-
tary of the interior has directed the commits
soner of the general land office to survey
and plat, preparatory to appraiSement and
sale all of the lands embraced in the several
abandoned military reservations, which
have been turned over to the custody of the
interior department under the provisions of
the act of June p 1884, the purpose being to
offer these lands for sale as soon as possible.
1t is stated that these reservations cover an
area of about FOO 900 acres, and include some
of the choicest agricultural lands in the sew
eral states and territories in which they are
located.
The following Is a list OF the reservations
embraced in the secretary's order: Camp
Goodwin. Camp Crittenden. Old Camp
Grant timber reservaton), Fort Verde and
Fort Nhipple, Arizona; part OF Fort Bid
well, Fort Cady, Fort Independence, and
Fort Yuma, California: cantonment on
Uncompahgre camp on White river, Fort
Redgwick, Fort Lyon, Old Fort Lewis. Col
orado; Fort Randall part east of river, and
Fort Rice Dakota; Camp Three Forks
Owyhee an winter pssturage Fort Occur
d'Alene, Idaho; Fort Dodge and Fort Wal
| lace, Kansas; ten reservations in Louisiana
Fort Wilkins, Michigan; island in Missouri
river, Missouri; Fort Ellis, Montana; Fort
Hartsuff, Fort Mcpherson and Camp Sher-
idan, Nebraska; Fort Butler and Fort Craig,
New Mexico: Fort Halleck and Fort Nc
Dermitt, Nevada; Fort Cameron, Fort Crit
tenden, Fort Thornburg, and Rush Lake
Valley reservation, Utah; Fort St Ella
cooma, Washington territory; coal reserva-
tion, Fort Bridger Fort Fetterman, Fort
Sanders and Fort Fred Steele except GENIE
| terry lott, Wyoming.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-24

CHICAGO, Jan 24-The statement is nov
made that August Spies, the condemned Ar
archist, already has a wife at Piusk, West.
ern Russia. The authority for this informa
ton is Joan Raizin, a Russian, who posi-
lively says that such is the case Spie.
refused to talk in regard to the matter Sun
day, but his mother aud sister pronoun ce the
story ridiculously absurd. Miss Spies alsc
said that Miss Van Zandt was going to re
main in the city right along and was not go
ing away as stated by the ne wspapers